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Center for Buddhist Studies

Promoting academic research on the Buddhist tradition and its related religious, intellectual, social, cultural, and artistic aspects around the world

Our center provides regional, national, and international leadership in the academic field of Buddhist studies.

Collaborating with academic units and communities within and outside the university, the center’s activities include a Buddhist studies lecture series, rare Buddhist archive preservation, financial assistance to scholars and students of Buddhist studies, hosting academic conferences and workshops, a visiting scholar program, contemplative studies and community outreach.

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There is a new home planned for the Center for Buddhist Studies within the Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine.

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Humanities festival weil event
Monday
Join us for the 2024 Tucson Humanities Festival, themed WELL-BEING, featuring an enlightening evening with Dr. Andrew Weil on October 9 at 6 PM! Following the lecture, Dr. Jiang Wu, our Center's director, will host a Q&A session, giving…
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KF Support renew
Sept. 30, 2024
We are delighted to announce that the Khyentse Foundation has renewed its Doctoral Student Financial Support for the next four years.  The Center for Buddhist Studies and the Department of East Asian Studies have been selected by the Khyentse…
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special issue canon
Sept. 25, 2024
Dear Friends of the Center for Buddhist Studies, We are pleased to share a call for submissions for the Special Issue of Religions, titled "Shaping Sacred Knowledge: The Transmission and Legacy of the Chinese Buddhist Canon." Dr. Jiang Wu, our…

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